米所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
米 所
こめ
Grade: 2 		ところ > どころ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
米どころ

Etymology

From 米(こめ) (kome) + 所(ところ) (tokoro). The tokoro changes to dokoro as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こめどころ [kòmédóꜜkòrò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • (Tokyo) こめどころ [kòmédókóró] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞me̞do̞ko̞ɾo̞]

Noun

米(こめ)所(どころ) • (komedokoro) 

  1. region famed for its rice

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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